The CE/R+S lifts its membership to 25 firms and cements its leadership position in the corporate social responsibility and sustainable management arena in Valencia.
14 February 2018. The CE/R+S’s newest members include El Corte Inglés, Ribera Salud, Royo Group International Bathroom (RGIB), Grupo Baux, Almacenes Lázaro (which supplies potatoes to Mercadona) and Sustainable Towns (the company behind the eco-district known as La Pinada, a project selected by the European authorities for its smart and sustainable district programme). With these new arrivals, the entity is expanding and diversifying its membership base and welcoming benchmark players in sustainability and social responsibility matters in their respective fields of influence.
The CE/R+S, duly registered with the Valencia Associations Register, is thus lifting its membership to 25 firms located in the provinces of Alicante, Castellón and Valencia, consolidating its position as a sustainability authority in the region in its just nine months in existence. Its membership base is rounded out by AGC Flat Ibérica, Alpesa, Grupo Alimentario Citrus (GAC), BP Oil, Grupo Bertolín, Caixa Popular, Dualium Management, Ética EAFI, Hidraqua, Geocivil, Grupo Eulen, Grupo IVI, Obinesa, Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía, RNB Cosméticos, Suavinex, Triangle Real Estate Management, Unimat and Unión de Mutuas.
The CE/R+S was created in May 2017 to promote and foster corporate responsibility and sustainability from the social and environmental dimensions to complement and support the economic sustainability of the region’s enterprises. A responsible company is one that not only complies with regulatory requirements in these fields but takes their efforts a step further, truly and effectively embedding these aspects and objectives into their overall business strategies, processes and dealings with their various stakeholders: employees, shareholders, suppliers, customers, society as a whole and the communities and surroundings in which they do business.
Many companies in Valencia have embraced such an approach and strategy from the very beginning. Others have awakened to these trends, which are set to continue to gain traction in the immediate future, more recently. European legislation as well as national and regional Spanish regulations are headed in that direction. On the regional front, the Valencia Regional Law Encouraging Social Responsibility is expected to be passed in the coming months and a growing number of public authorities, organisms and entities will add social and environmental criteria and requirements into the terms and conditions of the product and service procurement contracts they put out to tender.
“More important than this trend in the legislation applicable to our companies is the fact that this is a paradigm shift that is being pushed through by our citizens. Citizens armed with increasing volumes of information, a more critical spirit and growing awareness of the need to engage responsibly and sustainably with society and its surroundings are calling on enterprises to steer themselves by the same principles”, stressed Fernando Ibáñez, president of the CE/R+S, going on to add that,
“CSR has ceased to be an abstract concept and, too often, a marketing ploy, and is increasingly being integrated throughout enterprises’ management and value chains. There are a growing number of tools that enable companies to evaluate the real impact of their CSR efforts from a purely financial standpoint but also in terms of customer loyalty, employee and shareholder involvement and satisfaction and impacts on the environment. Nobody any longer questions the fact that CSR is a way of thinking, behaving and managing that is here to stay”.
Against this backdrop, it is key to publicise, share and foster ideas and best practices on the path of transition towards a new and more responsible and sustainable economic model. To achieve this, the CE/R+S undertakes initiatives on multiple fronts, notable among which monthly gatherings to debate best practices in the CSR arena; joint initiatives among members with a social and environmental impact; engaging with the public authorities and other stakeholders; and communication and propagation of the CSR activities and best practices pursued by the Club itself and its members.
The CE/R+S is open to welcoming new member firms with registered offices in Valencia or further afield, so long as they have significant business interests in the region. The criteria for membership include having a business model that is demonstrably, strategically and effectively committed to business ethics and sustainability; not belonging to excluded sectors such as the arms and gaming industries; publication of a non-financial report (sustainability report) or a commitment to do so within the next two years; not having been penalised or fined for environmental or social issues; and having the endorsement of two Club members. www.cerscv.org

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